diff --git a/conf/log4j2.xml.template b/conf/log4j2.xml.template
index 215fddf47..96f7051fb 100644
--- a/conf/log4j2.xml.template
+++ b/conf/log4j2.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             </Filters>
         </Console>
         <RollingFile name="restAudit" fileName="${sys:logDir}/${sys:restAuditLogPath}"
-                     filePattern="${sys:restAuditLogFilePattern}">
+                     filePattern="${sys:logDir}/${sys:restAuditLogFilePattern}">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %p %c{1}: %m%n%ex"/>
             <Policies>
                 <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="51200KB" />
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="10"/>
         </RollingFile>
         <RollingFile name="k8sAudit" fileName="${sys:logDir}/${sys:k8sAuditLogPath}"
-                     filePattern="${sys:k8sAuditLogFilePattern}">
+                     filePattern="${sys:logDir}/${sys:k8sAuditLogFilePattern}">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %p %c{1}: %m%n%ex"/>
             <Policies>
                 <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="51200KB" />